Idaho visits Utah Tech after Riley's 21-point outing

Published Dec. 9, 2023 3:42 a.m. ET

Associated Press

Idaho Vandals (5-4) at Utah Tech Trailblazers (5-3, 2-0 WAC)

Saint George, Utah; Saturday, 9 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Trailblazers -7.5; over/under is 141

BOTTOM LINE: Utah Tech hosts the Idaho Vandals after Beon Riley scored 21 points in Utah Tech's 72-69 win over the Cal Baptist Lancers.

The Trailblazers are 1-0 in home games. Utah Tech is 1-1 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 15.3 turnovers per game.

The Vandals are 0-2 in road games. Idaho has a 1-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.

Utah Tech makes 44.1% of its shots from the field this season, which is 2.9 percentage points higher than Idaho has allowed to its opponents (41.2%). Idaho averages 8.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 more made shot on average than the 7.4 per game Utah Tech allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Noa Gonsalves averages 1.5 made 3-pointers per game for the Trailblazers, scoring 9.9 points while shooting 34.3% from beyond the arc. Riley is shooting 53.4% and averaging 12.6 points for Utah Tech.

Quinn Denker is averaging 11.4 points for the Vandals. D'Angelo Minnis is averaging 10.7 points for Idaho.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.